Abstract
Atrial standstill is a very rare form of bradyarrhythmia and consists of a transitory or permanent loss of the electrical and mechanical activity of the atria. We report a series of 8 patients, all of them with rheumatic valve disease (5 of them with a prosthetic valve) with symptomatic bradyarrhythmia secondary to atrial standstill, requiring an implantable pacemaker.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Bradycardia / diagnosis*
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Bradycardia / etiology
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Bradycardia / therapy
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Female
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Heart Atria
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Heart Valve Diseases / complications
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Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
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Heart Valve Diseases / therapy
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Heart Valve Prosthesis
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Mitral Valve*
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Pacemaker, Artificial
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / complications
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / diagnosis*
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Rheumatic Heart Disease / therapy